Process for aging wine.



A. LACHMAN.

PROCESS FOR AGING WVINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28.41913.

Patented N ov. 14, 1916.

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PROCESS FOR AGING WINE.

In carrying out my process I subject the Wine to heat pressure andelectric-ity, either simultaneously or consecutively. I also use thewine Whose treatment has been completed to warm up the Wine which is tobe treated, the latter serving at thelsame vtime to cool the treatedwine, thereby materially' hastening the operation, and making itcontinuous instead of intermittent.

In the accompanying drawing which rep- -resents a sectional elevationshowing the' tank containing the raw Wine, the heating coolers throughwhich the wine passes to and from the heating tank, the treating tankitself, and the circulating system.

In the ligure, 1 is the container containing the rawwwine.

2 is a valve 0n a pipe 3, Which leads to a pump 4, from which the pipe 5lconducts the wine through valve 6 to the heating coolers 7 connected bypipe 8, whence it passes through pipe 9 to the metallic treating tank10, where it is heated by a heating coil 11,

and subjected to electricity flowing throughI the mains 12 andelectrodes 13. From the treating tank the wine passes throughv pipe' 14-backto the heating coolers and is finally discharged through pipe 15 andvalve 16. In this method of treatment the wine is forced through theapparatus under pressure which is controlled vbyv the pump and thevalves, and while under pressure in the serial Np. 781,547.

treating tank is heated to the desired degree and subjected to theelectric current until the treatment` has progressed to the desiredpoint. v i

In practice I have found that a pressure varying from 5 to 25 pounds persquare Yinch produces satisfactory results with the sweet wines which Ihave had under treatment. I have also found that a temperature of 140I". and a high tension alternating current have given satisfactoryresults.

I have, by this method carried out as above set forth, secured the sameresults in 24 hours, which have heretofore required many months.

Having thus described my invention, and believing I have produced usefuland novel improvements in the art to which it appertains, let it beunderstood that I do not wish to be limited to the exact constructionand.

arrangement of the several parts comprising the same, as many changescan be made Ejithout departing from the spirit thereof,

What -I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

The regenerative process of treating a moving currentv of wine, whichconsists 4in causing it to flow continuously, under pressure, throughvan enlarged chamber Where its velocity is reduced, and, While soreduced, heating it and passing a current of electricity through it, andthereafter cooling it by returning it upon itself and using its'surplusheat to initiate the warming of the oncoming current.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my handin-the presence of witnesses, this twenty-first day of July, 1913.

- ARTHUR LACHMAN. Witnesses:

R. M. WoLrE, JOSA'EBH Rosnrrrimr..v

Patented-Nov. 14, 1916.

